Subcompact ‘Toy’ Gettin It Done! Tilling, Power Raking & SEEDING with Compact Tractors: Ventrac 4520

Final prep for grass! Tilling with John Deere 3520, power raking with Ventrac 4520 and seeding with John Deere 1025R. Tractor Time with Tim prepares the yard around the pond for grass seeds!
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[@Austoner421]

I love the drone footage! Don’t ever worry about stuff like this being too dull. I find things like this super relaxing to watch. It’s like ASMR for my eyeballs 😂

[@RobertBrothersJr-dc7nr]

How you graded and finished around the pond looks fantastic. I have throughly enjoyed and learned a lot from this series. Thanks Tim

[@jeremythornton1312]

Love the scripture at the end of your videos!

[@steventhomson2042]

Love the drone footage! watching this makes me want to completely redo my yard!!!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Let’s do it!

[@TheCritterWindow]

The pond has come a long way. Good job.

[@Jeff-zk6dk]

Great video love the drone footage for sure you did a excellent job on the final grade looks great tractor on tim keep the video's rolling 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tuffram2165]

TTWT Videos are always good, but they are even better when the Cat's get involved!!!

[@timadamany]

Your pond is looking beautiful, Tim. Nice work. It's always a good day when you're on a Ventrac.

[@garyduncan3060]

Enjoy the drone footage it was relaxing to me. Great Job!

[@vincephillips9057]

Looks great Tim (and folks)!👏

[@Kcolby47]

You are rolling along. Always fun to watch you work ;-) Blessings.

[@jochemvahl3323]

You need to try a powerharrow with a seeder on it, it works perfect.

[@photocontrol]

Looking great around the pond. Nice view from the drone!

[@samengler539]

Nice job guys the pond project is almost complete.

[@AnthonyDGreen-me7cw]

Always have and will continue to enjoy you guys. Love the format, video, commentary, and scriptures. Keep it up!!!!!!

[@joelhenderson5404]

It really looks good guys!

[@mikerhett4646]

Love the drone footage, like how you take the time to explain things.

[@kdeckster]

Wow great progress! Can't wait to see this in person soon!

[@clydecoolbaugh7898]

I enjoy all your videos and drone video. I have a johnny because of your great in depth videos, I love my 2032r. Thanks for all you do my freind.

[@Chris-jh3tg]

Love the power rake and I love that grass seeder.

[@nashguy207]

Good job Tim. Some of your Grass will most likely melt or wilt in the summer heat. Some of it will come back in fall with cooler weather but I would also plan on over seeding again this fall. In my area Winning colors seems to do well for a turf type tall fescue its expensive but has a real nice color and texture to it. I like he seeder you use seems to do a good job!

[@marklus406]

Great video. Drone use is awesome. Topics are good, you cover a variety which is good.

[@leevandyke8524]

There going to resoding my back yard today , the grass company dropped of 12 pallets of grass yesterday and I’m sure they will have nine guys spreading the side today. This all happened because the building at the end of my condos had a bad water pipe and they tore it up so now we get new grass only been waiting six months for this to happen.

[@markbumgardner9430]

Just subscribed to channel love the reviews and watching you use different tractors and attachments. Thanks.

[@jddriver9565]

love your 3520 and your 1 series of course!🤗 * and drone footage is always my favourite!😉

[@georgewest2096]

The drone and your commentary are both welcome entertainment.

[@charlesmartin8047]

That looks great, you all should be proud.

[@lcee6592]

The pond looks great. Very nice work! Fantastic drone footage, really shows the scope of the project. Y'all are doing a great job, remember to take time to enjoy what you have accomplished! 👍

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks! It is hard right now. We are busy…and being pulled in many directions!

[@kevingebert4316]

Nothing beats the purring sound of the Ventrac in the morning. Only downside is it makes me drowsy trying to run tons of Windows updates on servers as its MS update day. I'd rather be tractoring. Actually looking like a nice 65F day so I'm taking off early to get some different seat time outside. Thanks for the motivation ;)

[@nickathystadtmueller5960]

Just purchased Woods CSS48 today! Looking forward to using it. Thanks for the videos!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Congratulations!

[@BulldogTractor]

I do like the tiller & seeder content! Cheers 🍻

[@machineryworking4589]

Great Man ❤❤❤

[@user-js3zt8wo6j]

💥Привет из далёкой России! Не знаю весю затею с этим водоёмом но что то настораживают берега ! Уже есть размывы и это печально ! Удачи , ждём продолжения ! 😊👍

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for the comments. I would love to hear more about what is going on in your country!

[@andrewkirch5920]

оварищ, не беспокойся о смывах, во время дождя вода поднимется еще на 5 футов.

[@PaulLB7]

Enjoyed the drone footage, nice to see more of what’s going on than from the ground. I like that seeder, I wish they weren’t so expensive.

[@gakrazykajun]

Drone footage is awesome.

[@harleythrelkeld7587]

the woods seeder even comes with a blockage monitor, very nice

[@garypower9024]

Lot of money and hard work gone into your pond, but it is looking very nice. Can't wait to see the grass right up to the pond edge.

[@jdfleetguy28]

Great video as always! I wish I could say I was to the point of planting grass on my pond project. I think I may end up working the pond dirt I dug out last year most of this spring and summer, just to get it all spread and graded to my satisfaction. Seed has gotten so expansive, I hate to rush into planting. If need be I may wait and plant grass seed next spring.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

This way you get to have more fun working dirt!

[@jdfleetguy28]

@@TractorTimewithTim LOL You were reading my mind my friend. LOL I have a lot a lot of dirt work ahead of me, and plan to enjoy every minute of it.

[@bartonmd]

I tilled my parents garden a couple weeks ago with the 3046R for the first time, instead of the 5320, and man the hydrostat is nice for that, along with the thinner width! The 3046R had zero power issues, of course! I like the drone footage, as long as you're talking through it. I can't hardly watch/listen to the Morgans because half of it is just no talking with montages, and I mostly listen to YT while I work at the computer, so it's just mostly listening to freeware music over there.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep. Folks don’t realize how much nicer the smaller tractors with hydrostatic transmission can be for many tasks. Glad you guys are enjoying it!

[@HankinsExcavating]

I'm actually building a grass seeder myself right now. Hopefully shortly after this week I'll put it to use.

[@GrampysTractor]

I try and get on my toy every day, even if it's only to get the mail. The pond is really coming along and when the green starts showing it will really look great.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Every day! That is cool!

[@machineryworking4589]

around Pond with Compact Tractors great working ❤❤❤❤

[@cameronward7137]

Tim this is EXACTLY what I would have done. I do a lot of commercial landscaping/seedbed prep. You spread the rich compost then put the topsoil on top then tilled it all in. Also those smaller clods will let the seeds fall down between and have a better chance of surviving. Seems like with my experience when the seed bed is perfect fluffy powder the seeds get washed away easier.

[@kyootfox]

The tiller is good, I spent 2+ hours on tilling yesterday with the 5075E.... Though the cleanup of the tractor sucks....

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@christophergherke446]

Love to see the 1 series tractors being used.

[@earlyriser8998]

Thanks!

[@shanesherwood343]

Love the drone footage so does my son best way to get a toddler to sit still to get him dressed a ttwt episode with lots of tractor action

[@macdawg6403]

Nice Vid!

[@Fellgla]

Paw print? That was the inspection crew. Enjoy your videos just the way you're doing them.

[@rustyfan89]

Have you ever used ventracs soil conditioner, cultivater, I haven’t but any videos I’ve seen on it look like it prepares the soil for seeding quite amazingly

[@chuckhunter328]

Nice job on the pond and grading. Cat has to learn the hard way😅

[@jamesharrod8733]

christy you definitely fly a drone lot better than i do , good for you

[@jdman-ohio]

Well, tim, the first thing I want to comment on is the toy. I bought a new 1025r 1 year and it is more impressive than I thought it would be, it's the most universal tool I own. Secondly that dirt work looks great. A job well done.

[@mkosmo]

If you're having fun with a tool, there's no reason it can't also be a toy, whether we're talking about an impact driver, a 1 series tractor, or a million dollar combine.

[@carltrano1325]

Well the lawnmower did a great job.😎

[@Freecan67]

It looks good Tim. But I see some Rocks that need to be picked. My Wife and I are entering into a new season. Our Johnny is for sale. We are down sizing. It has been nice to have a 1025r tlb. But 90% of the work has been done. The rest we can do by hand. God Bless Keep them coming.

[@David-lh1vp]

Such a fun lookin toy, I had to buy one❤😂

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

It is amazing how cheap and crappy they make attachments. I don't see how scattering the seed on top and running cultipacker wheels over it gives a very consistent and adjustable depth. I have always used the double run instead of the fluted feed. It seems to deliver a much more consistent seed rate.

[@guybloom6449]

You could weld some tractor weight brackets on the seeder and work on your fitness when you have to lift it.

[@mattmoser6848]

Have you ever used a aeraseeder? Really like to see one behind a 1025.

[@bradyburg2123]

We run the woods 7 foot grain drill and it’s very heavy. With a full rack of weights it still makes the tractors front end light. The seed to contact is very good with it. It’s different than the one you have ours has notched adjustable disk gangs in the front then an aerator and roller.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I have disk gangs too. I can swap these rollers out for the disk blades.

[@veritasventures1737]

@@TractorTimewithTim How hard is it to swap them? Do you switch your drive unit that switches the speed also? And how much does it take to do that? If you don't switch the drive unit, is there enough overlap to seed both grasses and food plots with one of the drives? And if so, which one? Thanks!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@veritasventures1737drive unit likely needs to be switched. Easy to do. Just different sized gears. 5 minutes. Switching from disk gangs to spiked rollers or back is more difficult. Takes 20 min or so with impact wrench….requires some lifting.

[@veritasventures1737]

Also I'm curious, it appears last fall you used the discs for grass seeding, I understand it has some adjustability for the depth of the disc, so I'm wondering how it worked seeding grass with the discs on it. Thanks a bunch!

[@veritasventures1737]

@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks! I didn't see your message when I asked another but I appreciate your response. Very helpful! I'm curious your thoughts on the disc used with grass seed on prepped soil if you have any thoughts on that. Thanks again!

[@tappedthatsugarshackhallad3909]

Always great content meow

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great job. I’m not a drone fan, when the drone is racing around. Your footage is alright. Slow enough so I don’t get motion sickness. 👍🏻

[@aaronburford5701]

As fairly new subscriber to your channel, I would love to come and work for a day or two to learn how to till, build swales, understand tractors etc. Have you ever thought about creating a contest for your subscribers?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Interesting idea.

[@aaronburford5701]

@@TractorTimewithTimThis would gain some interest for you your channel

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Very interesting 💯%🇺🇸🤠

[@mikegraziano1562]

I know the amount of money & time to set up the drone, but it's so worth it to get the perspective of the whole project! I mentioned a few months back about getting your local fire dept. to use the pond for fire hose training, have you asked them? I'd avoid using your well, as it's not really set up for that heavy duty 24/7 operation weeks at a time. .

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Rural fire dept has ability to suck from any water source. Insurance doesn’t give any benefit. So, overall no reason to do this. We now have continuous pressure pump for house. They say it is well equipped for filling pond.

[@mikegraziano1562]

@@TractorTimewithTim Many towns have a large water tank/pumper truck as there are many times a water source is unavailable. I did a video one time where several local volunteer fire depts. set up these water holding frames with a liner, one teams job was to dump a whole load of water then rush to the nearest hydrant fill up and repeat for several hours. The other firefighters were pumping from the holding area (think pool) and trainees were practicing with different size hoses shooting at items for aim & with different spay patterns. They were at it for hours and must have gone thru 8 or 10 larger tanker trucks of water. I hope this explains better what I was referring to.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@mikegraziano1562yes of course. I knew what you meant. My point is, they can suck out of the swimming pool, so they can suck out of my pond.

[@12heebs]

Tim, have you ever considered a stone burier instead of a standard tiller? The fact that the stone burier buriers debris under a layer of "clean' soil way be beneficial for the types of work you often do. I am considering a stone burier and would love to get your thoughts and MAYBE even a video!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Have one for the Ventrac. Works great!

[@wademizelle3433]

Enjoy your videos. We have a 3033R. The hydraulic up and down lever is very hard to use. It’s impossible to raise the rear lift a very small distance. Do you have any advice or help to fix this problem ? Thanks

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. Assuming you are talking about the 3 point hitch. There is an easy adjustment for this. They are ALL too tight! Not sure why Deere doesn’t test this before shipment! The service manual shows how to adjust. We recently adjusted ours on the 3520.

[@10rcoleman]

If the seeder is lightweight I would stick some of them weights on it.

[@randywhelan8944]

A Toy , HA Well whatever , cause our 1025r 's may look like toys compared to the rest of the machines around here but they play a intreget role in our seeding and erosion control department for certain jobs around here. Can't complain about the $$$$$$$ that they bring in , so glad to have them in our Toy Box.

[@tombell5879]

Missed you guys at the Ted Everett's auction last week.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

They told us not to come back. :-(. So, we went to Freije instead.

[@tombell5879]

@@TractorTimewithTim they have alot of stuff also. I even take stuff out there to sell myself. They do seem to have a little bit different variety of things to sell.

[@tombell5879]

I have bought mowers from both Auctions and they are comparable on pricing too each other. I did recently buy a sub compact tractor but not from either auction. I ended up buying a new one from rural king for less than it would have cost me for a used one at auction. So far it's been a very good experience.

[@chadcochran4654]

What? No GCI TTTF? Haha.. I'm sure Pete don't mind.

[@jamesharrod8733]

yea with my 2305 with loader / mower - farm bureau insurance will cover under farm insurance,

[@aaronburford5701]

Looks amazing! Question, what is the big deal with having a pond on your property?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We had a poor looking pond already. Had two choices…fill it in, or dig it out and make it nice. There is no ‘big deal’ about it. Just some visual interest, and fishing, etc.

[@aaronburford5701]

@@TractorTimewithTim looks great!

[@edwardboggs1808]

I saw a farmer here in Ohio using a drone of some sort dropping chemicals on his field. First time seeing that.

[@anthonykeane154]

Living life on the edge the pucker factor must have been high on the pond edge entering as always 😅😂

[@andrewkirch5920]

Barenbrug is expensive but worth it. My front yard is a mix of Midnight Bluegrass and HGT bluegrass from Barenbrug. You should have no problem getting this to grow given all the rain we're getting. I'd be more concerned about too much rain.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Too much is/was a concern. Nothing showing yet…10 days.

[@andrewkirch5920]

@@TractorTimewithTim give it another 2-3 days for RTF. You should see it.

[@chillywilly3397]

I know that this comment is too late, but dragging a section of chain link fence could smooth out your tire marks

[@donbickmore3808]

What kind of ATV is that? Looks like it could be pretty useful on the farm

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Review coming soon.

[@turtlehopper81]

Great video as always. How's Katriel? Miss seeing her. Can you do an update on her?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

She is getting married in June! Lives in Washington DC. Works for the USDA Foreign Ag Service.

[@turtlehopper81]

@@TractorTimewithTim I so happy for her.

[@adamvangilder2263]

Just out of curiosity did ya ever ask dirt perfects opinion on the pond? I know he's made quite a few of them.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. Discussed with him several times behind the scenes.

[@johncrishock9317]

Tim, enjoyed the pond series. I hope you have a good germination of grass seeds.

[@philmcdonnell3915]

Got a small project in the UK you can come and take a look at. Play with my Yanmar YM2220D. Only JD I own is a bit smaller than yours. X115r.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Would love to help! Never visited UK!

[@dave.lawrence.3894]

Keep doing what you are doing... The videos are informative... 😊 🙏🍔X4😅

[@npalen]

I'm curious why you feel that pond overflow would be an issue. Are you planning to fill it to the top where a heavy rain would overtop the rim? That doesn't seem like it would be an erosion issue.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes, based on what we have seen so far, I’m afraid a big rain could raise the water level enough to overflow.

[@matthewbennett4496]

What other type of seed can that planter plant?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Most anything. …it doesn’t bury seeds, so needs to be ‘on top’ type of seeding.

[@rwalkenhorst]

How important is it to put straw on top?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Would help…but wind is fierce here at times…I don’t have a crimper. Would blow off…and costs a lot. So, hopefully will come up without it.

[@trucker85d47]

How come the boss is letting the hired help run her equipment that she said is hers lol 😂 great job on the pond 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏

[@randyhughes5160]

Then ventrack is borderline for my price range but there is not a dealer near me so if anything went wrong it would be so far to get service

[@D-Allen]

9:10 Is it just me or is anyone else concerned about the pond wall giving away and taking Tim with it???? Be safe.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I’m not the least bit concerned. It has been compacted, driven on, etc.

[@jakeschisler7525]

How about a floating dock

[@tractordude290]

why dont you want rain runoff to go into your pond? wont that runnoff help fill it?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Would help to fill, but would bring sediment and chemical runoff from neighboring farms.

[@AlokeRoy-pi8li]

I from India

[@yippikiyay197]

Tim I think you would love the new F150 Lightning with extended range!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Why do you say that?

[@yippikiyay197]

@@TractorTimewithTim It has enough range to tow 7,500 lb over 100miles on a charge, 150 you need to push it, with incredible power and finesse. The electric motors on the wheels compared to the traditional gear drive provides so much more control and it's a real joy to drive. I think they've come far enough now that it's worth the transition. It's a good jump from a typical 150 if you don't need the total towing power of the super duty

[@maryriser7836]

hey I was wondering if you knew anyone that has bought a JD lawnmower with a factor cab?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Do you mean the 1600 series? The expensive ones?

[@maryriser7836]

@@TractorTimewithTim It's a 1585, so is our 1585 in the cheap category? 😄

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@maryriser7836 ha! No! Fancy!

[@clayseale]

A small tractor can do all the same work as a big tractor, just not at the same pace... Pretty sure a guy named Tim said that.

[@andrewkirch5920]

I do believe this video has sufficient cats.

[@texillini1]

Interesting project. Looks expensive. Even more if someone didn’t have the equipment and had to hire it all to be put in.

[@rb2530]

👍👍

[@davidvannatta1317]

have some questions about rear hydraulics on three point how do I contact you no e-mail available

[@bobspence714]

When is a shovel a toy ? Speaking from much experience , never. A valuable tool, yes, but no toy. When is my 1025r backhoe a valuable tool ? Always. When is my 1025r a fun toy? Always . Conclusion, Shovel; one for two. 1025r Backhoe Two for Two. "Whistle while you work"